Edwin Slosson Quote

One obstacle in the way of spreading science, that is, of inculcating the scientific habit of mind, is that people have learned to read too well. Books may become an impediment to learning. Our students are taught how to learn to read but not always how to read to learn.

Digest of the Proceedings of the Second Annual Meeting of the - American Association for Adult Education - Adult Education in Science, 1927 (p. 53)

One obstacle in the way of spreading science, that is, of inculcating the scientific habit of mind, is that people have learned to read too well....

One obstacle in the way of spreading science, that is, of inculcating the scientific habit of mind, is that people have learned to read too well....

One obstacle in the way of spreading science, that is, of inculcating the scientific habit of mind, is that people have learned to read too well....

One obstacle in the way of spreading science, that is, of inculcating the scientific habit of mind, is that people have learned to read too well....